Jambumadai computer centre opening

Project Objectives

What do we want to achieve:

-To bring together various strategic and grass root organizations together to provide urban resources in rural areas.

-­To create a sustainable model of rural development through a process of initiation from NGO funding and implementation and transferring it to a systematic process of local funding.

-­To work with local government and gradually transfer NGO funding of projects to local businesses, organizations and local tax payers money and make the project self sustainable or with minimal non governmental funding.

-­To study the best practices of the various organizations involved and create a model that can be replicated in other villages.

Factors:
Drought hit village with around 300-350 families. Main source of income is agriculture, but with repeated droughts and lack of water the village is facing severe problem.

Action areas:
-­ Education
­ -Health and Sanitation
­ -Women and Micro credit
­ -Agriculture and Water harvesting
­ -E-learning and management
­ -Advocacy and RTI

People and Partners
­Asha for education- Rajaraman Krishnan (chennai) and Vijay Sappani (Canada)
­IIT Madras- Prof.Kamakoti
­Association for India development (AID)- Dr.Balaji Sampath
­Tamilnadu Science forum (TNSF)- Prof. Ramanujam
­MS Swaminathan Foundation & ISRO- Senthil Kumar
­Rotary club Toronto-Jeff Dobson
­Rotary club Rockfort Trichy
­National College, Trichy- Anantha Narayanan
­REC Trichy- Prof.Chidambaram.
­Anna University centre for women empowerment
­Trichy District Collector-Nandha Kishore
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Project goals
The project would impact about 500 children at this primary school and nearby villages.The boy: girl ratio is approximately 1:1.
1. An acceptable educational environment that is conducive to and promotes learning.
2. A motivated and trained group of teachers that cater to these children.
3. Children who perform at or above the level expected for their age.
4. Use of technology,computers, library and other resources to further enhance the learning experience.